---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the state historical society to acquire the junior officers' quarters at Fort Dodge and provide for the use, preservation, improvement, control and maintenance thereof."
description: "Authorizing the state historical society to acquire the junior officers' quarters at Fort Dodge and provide for the use, preservation, improvement, control and maintenance thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2781"
citation: "Kansas HB 2781 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "State Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-02-17"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7420667-50dc-4f94-94bd-78a8626d5abb"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2781/"
source_hash: "88da7853e67f952453d79e60f7d09acf9901d85d429966d560807cf52f9dbb62"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2781 (2025-2026) — Authorizing the state historical society to acquire the junior officers' quarters at Fort Dodge and provide for the use, preservation, improvement, control and maintenance thereof.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2781/hb2781_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2781/hb2781_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
- **2026-03-19** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. David Haley was rejected
- **2026-03-19** Sen. Ronald Ryckman raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2026-03-19** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. David Haley
- **2026-03-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-03-16** Final Action - Passed; Yea 117, Nay 1, Absent 7 `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18** Referred to House Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7420667-50dc-4f94-94bd-78a8626d5abb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).